Dinner-bucket



(No Model.)

J. E. PATTON.

DINNER BUCKET.

Paten ted June 18, 1882.

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I N ITE JOHN E. PATTON, OF OHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE.

DINNER-BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 259,582, dated June 13, 1882.

Application filed April 15, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom alt may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. PATTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ghattanooga, in the county of Hamilton and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dinner-Buckets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I

The present invention relates to that class of articles known as dinner-buckets, which are chiefly designed for carrying the food of workmen. It is a. well-known fact that the contents of ordinary dinner-buckets are liable to be stolen, because no safeguard is provided for preventing easy access thereto.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, convenient, and effective device for locking the cover of a dinner-bucket and retaining in position the customary drinkingcup, condiment-receptacles, and knife and fork belonging to a complete dinner-bucket outfit.

To these ends the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts which will hereinafter be more fully described, and then set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dinner-bucket having its cover and appendages in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detached view of a divided or split hasp and the manner of fitting the drinkingcup thereon. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the auxiliary hasp for retaining the knife and fork.

The letter A designates a dinner-bucket of any approved construction, B the cover thereof, and O the drinking-cup, supported upon the cover.

At one side of the bucket is a loop, a,which receives a hook, b,on the back of acondimentbox, D. This box is generally made in two parts, and is designed to contain salt and pepper, and its cover (I has a loop, d, which fits over an eye, (1 extending above the box and secured thereto.

A hasp or fastening device, E, has one of its ends bent so as to form an upwardly-projecting hook, c, which fits into the aforesaid eye (1 on the condiment-box. The opposite end of the hasp terminates in an eye or loop, 0, which is received by or fits onto a staple, F, on the side of the bucket. The hasp is generally made of a single wire bent or twisted so as to possess a solid end part, a circular or oblong middle part, and a second split or divided end part, terminating in the book 6. This construction is clearlyshown in Fig. 2, and the object thereof is to permit the handle of the drinking-cup to be introduced between the two wires or members of the hasp, or removed therefrom, as may be desired. The central or open portion of the hasp is large enough to encircle the cup and bears upon the cover of the bucket. The loop or eye 6 of the hasp is fitted on the staple F, as already mentioned, and the eye or loop gof a second hasp or frame, G, is also fitted thereon, and a padlock, H, is then applied to the staple for holding the two hasps in a locked position.

The hasp G serves as a holding-frame for the knife and fork h t, which are inserted into keepers at the side of the bucket, and said hasp, as is shown in Fig. 3, has two openings which receive respectively the handles of the knife and fork. Projections m on the latter serve to prevent the withdrawal thereof; or the handles may be made large enough at the bottom, so that they cannot be drawn out of the hasp.

The cover of the bucket and the various ap pendages above stated can be readily removed by inserting the proper key into the padlock, unlocking it, and detaching the same from the staple. This having been done, the hasp G is first removed from the staple, and then the main hasp E is disengaged from the eye and staple on the bucket, when access can be had to the contents of the bucket.

The drinking-cup, as heretofore stated, is disengaged from the hasp by passing its handle through the split end portion thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. A din ner-bucket having a device for lockin g the cover and condiment-box thereof, consisting of a hasp provided with an end hook and an end loop, in combination with the bucket-body having staples for receiving the tion with main hasp and the staple and padto hasp and a padlock, as and for the purpose set lock on the body of the bucket, as and for the forth. purpose set forth.

2. The divided or split hasp adapted to fit In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in 5 0n the drinking-cup, in combination with the presence of two witnesses.

bucket having staples for receiving the hasp,. JOHN ESQUARE PATTON. as and for the purpose set forth. Witnesses:

3. The supplementary hasp having openings HULBERT B. CASE,

for the passage of knife and fork in combina- W. S. MARSHALL. 

